Father of slain ISU grad: 'He could always be counted on to step up'

12:45 AM,
May 18, 2013

Kyle Bruner, 34, was shot and killed, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Nassau, Bahamas as he tried to stop a robbery.

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Kyle Bruner led a marching band, taught special-needs children, excelled as an athlete and handled heavy artillery in the Indiana National Guard - all in 34 years, before dying what police described as a hero's death earlier this week in the Bahamas.

Bruner, who spent his youth in Indianapolis and later settled in Chicago, was in the Caribbean country in pursuit of a new career as a professional mariner after years working as a deckhand.

His sister said Friday it was one of Bruner's most defining traits - a desire to stick up for others - that led to his death. He was shot in the neck as he tried to help ...